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Peter Roskam: “This is not about poor people; this is about making sure an insurance carrier gets a subsidy.”

On the recordJuly 6, 2016
This is not about poor people; this is about making sure an insurance carrier gets a subsidy.
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Peter Roskam
Republican · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Roskam clarifies that the discussion is about insurance subsidies, not poverty.

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